Developing leaders by supporting their transitions into senior positions

South African Journal of Business Management

 
 
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Title Developing leaders by supporting their transitions into senior positions
 
Creator Terblanche, Nicky H.D. Albertyn, Ruth M. Van Coller-Peter, Salome
 
Subject — career transitions; leadership development; management derailment; organisational support; senior management; transformation
Description The need for social transformation in South Africa is intrinsically linked to the transformation of corporate South Africa. Strong senior leadership is required to ensure that organisations remain sustainable during this transformation. There is, however, a shortage of skilled senior leaders, hence the need for leadership development. When leaders transition into senior positions, they face a plethora of personal and systemic challenges. Many fail with resulting disastrous effects on individual (micro) and organisational (macro) levels. This research investigates the challenges faced by newly promoted senior leaders in order to lay the groundwork for designing support strategies for individuals and organisations. The qualitative findings suggest that leadership transitions present unexpected challenges on a personal and systemic level to such individuals and that they do not receive adequate support from their organisations. For transformation to be successful and sustainable on macro level, concurrent and appropriate micro-level support and development are essential.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2018-03-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion —
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajbm.v49i1.12
 
Source South African Journal of Business Management; Vol 49, No 1 (2018); 9 pages 2078-5976 2078-5585
 
Language eng
 
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https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/12/109 https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/12/108 https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/12/110 https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/12/39
 
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